TSGL: Mail client for very old Oldies

[edLynn]

Tilman -

I have a good friend who is 80+, loves his computer, uses a large print 
program (ZoomTex), a 23" flat Samsung monitor, wireless mouse, large print 
keyboard (Keys -u- see), DSL, and a multifunction inkjet printer from Canon.

If someone were to tell me about elderly people not being able to grasp new 
ideas, they would have to do a lot of convincing to move me.

Make it large print; use audio where possible; and get her on the Internet 
on an 'always on' basis. And by the way, no lecturing, just answer the 
questions as they come.

Great bonding tool.

ED




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tilman Brandl" <tbrandl2 at chello.at>
To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 8:29 PM
Subject: Re: TSGL: Mail client for very old Oldies


> Geoff,
>
> guess I'll look at this more closely. My concern is that the screen (the
> one's I've seen) looks rather small, while my mother needs BIG letters the
> be able to read.
>
> Thanks for the tip
> Tilman
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Geoff Glave" <misterclever at hotmail.com>
> To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <list at tsgserver.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 9:26 PM
> Subject: Re: TSGL: Mail client for very old Oldies
>
>
>>
>>
>> I haven't laid my hands on one, but it *sounds* like the User Interface 
>> on
>> the Asus EEE may be what you're looking for?
>>
>> http://mozillalinks.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/eepc.png
>>
>> You'd want to hook up an external mouse, keyboard and monitor, but you
>> should be able to get those on Craiglist fairly cheaply.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Tilman Brandl"
>>> To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List"
>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 11:08 AM
>>> Subject: TSGL: Mail client for very old Oldies
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> not sure whether this is a feasable project - I'm trying to set up a
>>>> VERY
>>>> simple PC with Email and Internet for my mother who is beyond 95 years
>>>> of
>>>> age.
>>>>
>>>> Idea is, she would have the box on her desk, and after pressing the ON
>>>> key
>>>> a simple interface would come up, even with a few big buttons like 
>>>> 'Read
>>>> Mail', 'Send Mail to NNN', 'Send Mail to MMM' etc. Perhaps also a 
>>>> simple
>>>> Internet Browser with as few options as possible, and maybe also a
>>>> button
>>>> for dialing.
>>>>
>>>> This means the programs she would use should be VERY simple, adaptable
>>>> (mainly visually, i.e. big font characters) and with low maintenance
>>>> needs
>>>> (I'm seeing her once a week and of course would prefer not to spend our
>>>> time on tech stuff).
>>>>
>>>> Preferably the OS would/should be Windows since this is what I know
>>>> best.
>>>> Could I do this with Outlook Express + IE ? Any other mail client with
>>>> *simple* user interface?
>>>>
>>>> So far this all is preparatory + experimental only - I'm not sure that
>>>> I'll be able to make this work well enough....
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas you might have are welcome !
>>>> TVMIA
>>>>
>>>> Tilman
>
>
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